April 3 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.

Cambodian Workers Camp Out, Hunger Strike Against Walmart and H&M - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/#sthash.YOn2c1sR.dpuf

I.R.S. Reversal on ‘Church’ Pension Plan Rescues a Fund *
NASA Climate Scientist James Hansen Quits to Fight Global Warming
Taiwan union at state-owned firm wants to form political party
Union to rally in Norristown for immigration reform
Opening day — for BART labor talks
Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant with Three-Year Strike
Harry Kelber, 1914-2013
Juicy Couture’s Health Care Dodge
The Tar Sands Disaster
Occupational Breast Cancer Study Challenges Cancer Establishment
Farmers’ Union: Why we support Idle No More
Can Europe Save Its Cap-and-Trade System?
Candidate Could Become Germany's First Black MP
Canadian mining companies subject of worldwide protests
Has Canada's government been muzzling its scientists?
Lock-out paralyses Danish schools
Fatal Landslide Draws Attention to the Toll of Mining on Tibet *
Pipeline Spills Stir New Criticism of Keystone Plan *
Decades After King's Death, Memphis Jobs at Risk *